Texas · Harris County
Harris County JP7 alcohol laws
| Status | |
|---|---|
| Beer to go | Sold throughout |
| Wine to go | Sold throughout |
| Liquor to go | Sold throughout |
| Beer at a bar | Sold throughout |
| Wine at a bar | Sold throughout |
| Mixed drinks | Sold throughout |
| Mixed drinks with food | Not sold |
| Winery tasting room | Not sold |
Rules change at county and precinct lines
This is the JP7 answer, and an address inside it can still differ where a city in the precinct voted its own way.
- Precinct status
- Wet
- County status
- Partially wet
- Categories sold
- 6 of 8
- Varies inside
- No, precinct-wide
JP7 is shaded; the other 7 precincts in Harris County are muted and clickable. Precinct lines are where the answer changes, and nothing on the ground marks them, so use the location check for a specific address.
How JP7 compares to Harris County
JP7 is more permissive than the county as a whole. It allows beer to go, wine to go, liquor to go, beer at a bar, wine at a bar, and mixed drinks throughout the precinct, which Harris County only allows in parts. A reader working from the county answer alone would under-report what is legal here: the county page has to say varies by precinct for those categories precisely because precincts like this one differ from their neighbors.
What the designation says
The TABC publishes this precinct’s status as JP7 - W: B-On, B-Off, W-On, W-Off, DS-Off, MB, which is wet covering 6 of the eight categories the commission tracks. Local option elections are held under § 251.72 on individual categories in individual areas, not on alcohol as a single question for a whole county, which is exactly why one precinct can approve a category its neighbor refuses.
A precinct answer is not an address answer
This page states the rules for JP7 as the precinct voted them. An incorporated city inside the precinct carries its own designation and can be narrower, so the status governing a specific store or bar is the stricter of the two. Run the location check for a given address rather than reading it off this map.
The other 7 precincts in Harris County
Each carries its own designation. Compare before assuming an answer carries across a precinct line.
Common questions
- Is JP7 in Harris County wet or dry?
- JP7 is wet. Every category approved there is approved across the whole precinct, so the answer does not change as you drive through it. That is broader than Harris County as a whole, which is partially wet.
- Can you buy beer to take home in JP7?
- Yes, anywhere in JP7. Stores throughout the precinct may sell sealed beer to go on the statewide hours: 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. on Sunday.
- Are there liquor stores in JP7?
- Yes. Package stores are permitted throughout JP7. They open at 10 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and stay closed all day Sunday.
- Why does JP7 allow more than the rest of Harris County?
- Because local option elections are held on individual categories in individual areas, not once for the whole county. JP7 has approved beer to go, wine to go, liquor to go, beer at a bar, wine at a bar, and mixed drinks across the entire precinct, while Harris County as a whole only allows them in parts. Two bars a few miles apart can sit on opposite sides of that line.
Sources
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 251.71, Local option elections: status of areas
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 251.72, Local option elections: issues to be voted on
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 105.01, Hours of sale: liquor
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